Letters from a Peruvian Woman

A bold critique of French society & one of the most vehement feminist protests in eighteenth-century literature, LETTERS FROM A PERUVIAN WOMAN was reprinted forty-six times in the thirty years following its publication in 1747. This new edition, the first modern English translation of LETTERS FROM A PERUVIAN WOMAN, will delight & surprise readers. Kidnapped by the Spaniards during their conquest of Peru, the Inca princess Zilia is torn from her homeland & her future husband, Aza. In these letters to Aza, she describes the torments she endures during her trip across the Atlantic, her capture by the French after a battle at sea, & her arrival on the European continent. Believing that she is being transported to an outer province of the Inca Empire, Zilia hopes that Deterville, the kind commander of the French ship, will eventually help find her way back to Peru. In Paris she tries to learn to communicate with Deterville, his family, & his friends & discovers that her protector has fallen in love with her.Graffigny, Francoise De is the author of 'Letters from a Peruvian Woman' with ISBN 9780873527781 and ISBN 087352778X.